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A Festival of Postcards (4th Ed.) WATER – Call for Submissions

New! October 2009 - A Festival of Postcards (5th Ed.) Quadrupeds – Call for Submissions

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Note: the information is below is now out of date

Hey there  -  you out there  -  yes you!

The next edition of A Festival of Postcards is dedicated to WATER - so it’s time to get out those postcards depicting bodies of water, boats, bridges, fish – or anything that contains liquid! And please feel free to interpret the theme as liberally as you wish.

Remember,  the Festival welcomes wordless entries that showcase particular postcards as well as entries accompanied by articles about social or family history or deltiology. In the first 3 issues we’ve had an astounding variety and quality of articles but if you have a wonderful postcard to showcase without accompanying article, that’s fine too! Following last month’s feature article by Mandy Collins (Signs), I also hope some of you will be inspired to try your hand at altered art!

How To Enter   (Deadline: August 20th)

1. Go to A Festival of Postcards Official Form, hit the SUBMIT button at the top of the page and fill in the form!

2. As a back-up, please leave a message (and blog address) in the Comment Box below.

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Bridges Over The St-Lawrence River(1): Honore Mercier Bridge, Quebec

This is an interesting set of 2 postcards of the Honore Mercier, one of several bridges that connects Montreal to the South Shore. This bridge passes over both the St-Lawrence River and the St-Lawrence Seaway. Note the vivid colours and handpainted flowers on the second version!

I believe this photograph is taken from the shore of what is now the borough of Lasalle looking towards Kahnawake (aka Caughnawaga) and Chateauguay. I grew up in Lasalle in the 50s/60s and have been living in Chateauguay since the 90s.

Chateauguay is full of people whose families came from Lasalle and Verdun.

Vintage Postcard of Honore Mercier Bridge, Ville Lasalle, Montreal, Canada

Honore Mercier Bridge, Ville Lasalle. A Canadian Family Vintage Postcard Collection

Reverse of Honore Mercier Bridge, Vintage Postcard Read more »

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